My Yellowstone Years: The Life of a Park Ranger

by Donald C. Stewart

This is the story of thirteen summers in Yellowstone National Park, 1951-63, where Donal Stewart worked, first as a dishwasher, then as a summer park ranger and ranger-naturalist. Learn about primitive living conditions, eccentric people and bears, hours of fishing on park streams, long hikes into remote Yellowstone and Teton backcountry, and the Hebgen Earthquake of 1959. Most of all, it’s the story of a unique rite of passage experienced by generations of young Americans who have worked in the great national parks of North America.

309 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1989